He 's a third-person, singular personal pronoun (subject case) in Modern English. Usage People He can be used as a substitution of a male's name. Animals "He" and "she" are often used to refer to domesticated animals and sometimes nondomesticated animals of the respective gender. Generic However, many people disagree with this assertion and instead recognize he and him as representative of forced male domination and female subordination. Other The pronoun He, with a universally capitalized H's… (More on He)